Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Scheme for Manual Scavengers
Posted On:
10 AUG 2021 7:19PM by PIB Delhi
Under the Scheme for Self-Employment and Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers, 58,098 persons have been paid one-time cash assistance of Rs. 40,000 for facilitating switch to alternative occupations. Further, 16,057 of them were given skill training; and 1,387 persons were given Capital subsidy for self employment projects and sanitation related projects. State-wise details are given in the Annexure.
This information was given by The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri. Ramdas athawale in the Lok Sabha in a written reply today.
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Annexure
State-wise Number of Manual Scavengers and their dependants provided assistance for rehabilitation under Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS)
|
S.No.
|
State/UT
|
Coverage
|
|
One Time Cash Assistance
|
Skill Development Training
|
Capital subsidy for self employment projects and sanitation related projects for manual scavengers including
sanitation workers
|
|
1
|
A&N Islands
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1793
|
180
|
11
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
3921
|
460
|
0
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
131
|
18
|
0
|
|
S
|
Chhattisgarh
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
105
|
19
|
0
|
|
7
|
Jharkhand
|
192
|
34
|
0
|
|
8
|
Karnataka
|
2927
|
251
|
294
|
|
9
|
Kerala
|
518
|
314
|
0
|
|
10
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
510
|
98
|
3
|
|
11
|
Maharashtra
|
6325
|
1332
|
0
|
|
12
|
Odisha
|
230
|
66
|
92
|
|
13
|
Punjab
|
231
|
62
|
41
|
|
14
|
Rajasthan
|
2673
|
824
|
0
|
|
15
|
Tamilnadu
|
398
|
29
|
78
|
|
16
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
32473
|
10664
|
694
|
|
17
|
Uttarakhand
|
4988
|
1475
|
74
|
|
18
|
West Bengal
|
680
|
231
|
97
|
|
Total
|
58098
|
16057
|
1387
|
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